Wed 14th March DBVL is cancelled

Magic,seems to be the consensus amongst trainers as the current format isn't working.....needs to be a change!It is being addressed as a matter of urgency

Mr Eudey - I see we meet in race 1 on the 14th! It will be either you or me in the no 1 box, although we have you held on the previous meeting between the two.

i say before close cape racing, the trainers dont care it is disgraceful

Can someone explain to me the reasoning behind the scheduling of Durbanville's meetings? This would have been their 4th meeting in 12 days and then nothing for 3 weeks. Why not spread them out better, surely you are bound to get less runners when the meetings are pushed so close together? I am not excusing the cancellation, in truth I find it shocking and just another embarrassment for SA racing as a whole but, surely common sense says that some horses need more of a rest than a week etc? Durbanville's meetings in terms of quantity and quality of runners has been very disappointing lately and without knowing the ins and outs of everything it is patently obvious that there are a few people out there who need to get their act together and get it sorted. And probably a few more who need to stop whining and think about the future of the sport as a whole rather than standing there with arms crossed and a shaking head. But hey, what do I know... enough working on it, produce the right result and do it quickly.

bad company Wrote:

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Ditto

It's all about the money.
They want our sponsors and stakes.

soodum Wrote:

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> Off the topic but does anybody else feel that we
> should have friday night racing EVERY friday night
> weather permitting ?
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> Those of us trapped in a office all week tend to
> get withdrawal symptoms waiting for the weekend
> and then we got the warden to contend with!

I would vote for that.
3 meetings for KZN - Sunday Tuesday (day or night) and Friday night.

agra Wrote:

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> It's all about the money.
> They want our sponsors and stakes.

LOL, now we can see how civil wars break out.

I thought I heard Shaheen Shaw say on teletrack that the dbn meeting had been moved to the 14th...but he/i was wrong

Titch Wrote:

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> I thought I heard Shaheen Shaw say on teletrack
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> 14th...but he/i was wrong

You heard right BUT he retracted that statement.

Meetings with small fields like this happen in other countries. The difference is, they let them go ahead and no one is 'embarrassed.' Oh, and by the way this very thing once happened years ago in Gauteng to a Newmarket meeting that was also canned as a result.

Action HAS been taken , a huge step in the right direction. This will lead to all and sundry realising that if you want stakes increased you must play your part in the interest of racing and that means consistently providing bigger fields. I did say "wait and see " .
Well done to the management team who had the balls to carry out the action. Racing first , individuals later.

With or without a thought for individuals and other business effected by the cancelation of the meeting?